Every year, around 200,000 adventurous souls try their luck scaling the one and only Mt. Fuji. Even though climbing Japan's iconic mountain is prohibited for most of the year, people still flock to ...

Kokichi Akuzawa has become the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji at age 102, an achievement recognized by Guinness World Records after he reached the top.

MOUNT FUJI, Japan -- As mountains around the world go, Mount Fuji, about 90 miles west of Tokyo, is one of the most recognizable, with its iconic cone shape, and its (usually) snowcapped peak.

A 102-year-old man just became the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain. Kokichi Akuzawa of Maebashi, Japan, achieved the towering accomplishment on Aug. 5 with the help of his ...

This year the prefecture doubled the entrance fee for the mountain’s most popular route — the Yoshida trail — from ¥2,000 to ...

TOKYO — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the ...

TOKYO — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will now have to reserve ahead and pay a fee as the picturesque stratovolcano struggles with overtourism, ...

Japanese centenarian Kokichi Akuzawa became the oldest Mount Fuji climber at 102 years old, overcoming heart issues and ...

Excluding the years affected by the pandemic, the number of climbers for 2025 is the lowest in the past decade. Read more at ...

TOKYO (AP) — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan's iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to ...

JAPAN — Faced with the first steep incline on the Yoshida Trail that leads to Mount Fuji’s summit, Daiki Nishikawa dramatically steadies his pace to less than 40 steps per minute. Dodging clumps of ...

TOKYO — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan's iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee as crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the ...